Wavrans-sur-l’Aa | |
Native Name: | Waverant |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Wavrans-sur-l'Aa.svg |
Arrondissement: | Saint-Omer |
Canton: | Lumbres |
Insee: | 62882 |
Postal Code: | 62380 |
Mayor: | Julien Delannoy[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Pays de Lumbres |
Coordinates: | 50.6836°N 2.1375°W |
Elevation M: | 73 |
Elevation Min M: | 43 |
Elevation Max M: | 141 |
Area Km2: | 11.48 |
Wavrans-sur-l’Aa (in French pronounced as /wavʁɑ̃ syʁ la/, literally Wavrans on the Aa;) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[2]
Wavrans-sur-l'Aa is located 13km (08miles) southwest of Saint-Omer, at the D192 and D225 road junction, on the banks of the river Aa. It is home to a site of great ecological interest, which justified the creation of a voluntary nature reserve, which become the Grottes et Pelouses d'Acquin-Westbecourt et Coteaux de Wavrans-sur-l'Aa National Nature Reserve in 2008[3]
The Chemin de fer d'Anvin à Calais opened a railway station at Wavrans-sur-l'Aa in 1881. The railway was closed in 1955.